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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Availability

Article R7123-18

The availability contract provided for in article L. 7123-17 shall be concluded before the start of the service. It is drawn up for each mannequin and is given to them and, where applicable, to their…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Declaration, registration of activity and withdrawal of registration

Article R7232-18

…ions in the area concerned. The Minister for the Economy makes the list of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs whose declaration has resulted in the issue of a receipt available to the public…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Litigation

Article R7343-18

The Court of First Instance shall rule within ten days of the date of the appeal, without formality and without costs, and on simple notice given five days in advance to the parties concerned.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Procedure applicable in the event of a preliminary question being referred by the industrial tribunal

Article R7342-18

The court shall give its decision promptly in accordance with the ordinary oral procedure. The parties are not required to constitute a lawyer. The judgment is rendered in the first and last instance.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial and accounting system

Article R7345-18

The institution's expenditure includes: 1° Staff costs not covered by the State; 2° Operating costs; 3° Expenditure on the acquisition of movable and immovable property; 4° In general, all expenditure…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duties of neutrality and impartiality

Article R8124-18

The staff of the labour inspection system carry out their duties impartially, without expressing any prejudices in their behaviour, words or actions. They ensure that users in identical situations, wh…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conciliation.

Article R742-18

A joint order of the Minister for the Merchant Navy and the Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs sets the conditions under which travel allowances will be paid to committee members and, for membe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Manual money changers

Article L775-18

The articles listed in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The issue and purchase on the stock market of shares reserved for employees.

Article L225-187-1

…o L. 225-194 and article L. 225-197 remain applicable as they stood prior to the publication of the loi n° 2001-152 du 19 février 2001 sur l'épargne salariale jusqu'à l'expiration d'un délai de cinq a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Compensation for damage by the court and enforcement of the judgment

Article 849-18

…med to be a creditor, within the meaning of Articles L. 111-2 of the Code of Civil Enforcement Procedures, for the compulsory enforcement of the judgment rendered on the basis of Article 71 or Article…

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